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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]why have 4 grades each with plusses and minuses when you can have 2 or 3? and put 80% of the students in the middle bucket. Makes life sooooo easy and equal. :)[/quote]

Exactly. And don't get me started on those categories where they can all get P at. To one of the PPs, a P is definitely not an A. [/quote]

In an attempt to address the two grading systems...

PIN have absolutely no correlation to ABCDE at all...  ZERO!

P for a particular skill area states that you are proficent in that skill
A as a grade simply means you got 90% of the material thrown at you correct irregardless of what skill areas were being assessed.

So just for an example if you get 90% on a test you could hypothetically have failed a given skill set (10 problems out of 100 were of that skill set) and still get a grade of A (excellent) because A does not distinguish between content areas.  Its just a raw score based on percentages.

Like wise you could get a B and be proficient in all areas but simply getting 1 or 2 incorrect in in various skill sets drops your grade.

Now you can interpret this in many different ways depending on your perspective, each system with its pluses and minuses but if you are trying to correlate one grading system to the other you are confusing yourself.[/quote]

I think we're correlating helpful, insightful grading, with pure blanket statement laziness grading aiming for mediocrity. 
Btw, what happens to the kids who get to proficiency and mastery in 1 or 2 weeks?  They just sit there and flatline at P for months of boring drills on the same thing?[/quote]

This logically makes no sense.  Do kids who get all A's over 1 to 2 weeks then just sit there ?  Bored students has nothing to do with the grading system.[/quote]

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